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Don't try this at home : culinary catastrophes from the world's greatest chefs
2005

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Forty of the world's greatest chefs relate outrageous true tales from their kitchens. From hiring a blind line cook to flooding the room with meringue to being terrorized by a French owl, these behind-the-scenes accounts are as entertaining as they are revealing. A reminder that even the chefs we most admire aren't always perfect.--From publisher description.

Item Details

ISBN:

  • 9781596910706
  • 1596910704

Edition: First U.S. edition.

Description: 308 pages ; 22 cm

Contents:

  • Introduction
  • Horror in Gerona / Ferran Adria
  • All by myself / Jose Andres
  • Meet David Bouley / Dan Barber
  • The last straw / Mario Batali
  • Two great tastes that taste great together / Michelle Bernstein
  • Lean times at the Fat Duck / Heston Blumenthal
  • On the road again / Daniel Boulud
  • New Year's meltdown / Anthony Bourdain
  • Ship of fools / Jimmy Bradley
  • If you can't stand the heat / Scott Bryan
  • White lie / David Burke
  • A simple request / Samuel Clark
  • The traveling chef / Tom Colicchio
  • This whole place is slithering / Scott Conant
  • Euphoria / Tamasin Day-Lewis
  • Hope for snow / Tom Douglas
  • Beastmaster / Wylie Dufresne
  • The curious case of Tommy Flynn / Jonathan Eismann
  • The blob / Claudia Fleming
  • The blind line cook / Gabrielle Hamilton
  • Genus Loci / Fergus Henderson
  • (Not) ready for my close-up / Paul Kahan
  • Just add water / Hubert Keller
  • An Italian in Paris / Giorgia Locatelli
  • A night at the opera / Michael Lomonaco
  • A user's guide to opening a Hamptons Restaurant
  • Mary Sue Milliken & Susan Feniger / Our big brake
  • A chef in the family / Sara Moulton
  • For the birds / Tamara Murphy
  • Chef's table / Cindy Pawlcyn
  • Our first Friday / Neil Perry
  • Alibi / Michel Richard
  • You really ought to think about becoming a waiter / Eric Ripert
  • You're in the army now / Alain Sailhac
  • The big chill / Marcus Samuelsson
  • Neverland / Bill Telepan
  • Friends and family / Laurent Tourondel
  • The trojan cookie / Tom Valenti
  • Shit happens / Norman van Aken
  • The Michelin man / Geoffrey Zakarian
  • The end of innocence / Jamie Oliver
  • Acknowledgments

LCCN: 2005017992

Control Number: 148911

Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Bloomsbury : Distributed by Holtzbrinck, 2005.
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